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TOOK PLACE AT THE WORST TIME OF DAY. MARCONI SAID HE RECEIVED THE SIGNALS
AT 1230 PM, 110 PM AND 220 PM LOCAL TIME USING A 500 FOOT LONG ANTENNA
SUSPENDED BY A KITE. AT THE TIME THIS CORRESPONDED TO 1600Z, 1640Z AND
1750Z. MAP THESE TIMES USING A MODERN PROGRAM LIKE GEOCLOCK AND YOU SEE
THAT THE COMPLETE PATH WAS IN DAYLIGHT AT 4 PM AND ONLY THE UK END OF THE
PATH WAS IN DARKNESS AT 550 PM. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THERE WERE NO MAGNETIC
STORMS AT THE TIME, OR FOR 10 DAYS BEFORE, THE DAYTIME SKYWAVE WOULD HAVE
BEEN HEAVILY ATTENUATED. IN MARCONIS FAVOR, IT WAS MIDWINTER WITH LOW SUN
ELEVATION ANGLES, BUT A 3500 KM PATH IN DAYLIGHT ON 880 KHZ? SURELY NOT.
FACTOR IN THAT THE RECEIVING EQUIPMENT CONSISTED OF A LONG WIRE ANTENNA AND
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2,920 IL FLAGLER EM COM ASSN AF2C 450 2 29 2,838 NFL RACINE MEGACYCLE CLUB
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